And when we had sailed over the sea of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra, a city of Lycia.
Paul has appealed to Caesar, and to Caesar he must go by sea to Rome; but mark this, God had determined it before Festus did. Whatever man intends, God works His purposes through it. Julius the centurion keeps him in custody, yet Paul has comfort from his friends at Caesarea and carries a blessing wherever he goes.
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Commenting on Acts 27:1-11
Cilicia and Pamphylia share one sea, as Pliny records. Myra in Lycia is distinct from Limyra, which lay also in Lycia but was a separate place; and certainly not Smyrna in Ionia, nor Lystra inland in Lycaonia, errors some copies contain. Lycia sat between Caria and Pamphylia on the southern coast of Asia Minor.
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The ship sailed past the coasts of Cilicia and Pamphylia before reaching Myra, a port city in Lycia, the south-western province of Asia Minor, bounded by Phrygia and Pisidia to the north, the Mediterranean to the south, Pamphylia to the east, and Caria to the west.
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